Meet Our Team

Elaine Keller-Duemig, CNM

Elaine joined Central Park Midwifery in 2013. She and the founder, Georgia Rose, worked together for a year prior to Georgia's retirement. Georgia was gracious enough to leave the practice with Elaine, and she and the other CPM midwives have been honored to carry on the CPM legacy. 

​Becoming a midwife was Elaine's dream for many years. During her journey, she earned a bachelor's degree in Women's Studies and a certificate in LGBT studies from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. After studying abroad in Galway, Ireland, she decided to Wisconsin (forever!) and moved to Connecticut to earn her nursing degree at Quinnipiac University. She worked as a labor and delivery nurse at St Vincent's in Bridgeport, CT. She then pursued her dream of becoming a midwife and moved to New York to attend Columbia University to earn her midwifery degree while also working as a L&D nurse at St Vincent's in Greenwich Village. After graduating midwifery school, Elaine worked at Roosevelt (now Mount Sinai West) as a nurse and she always wanted to return as a midwife.

Before joining CPM, Elaine worked with a physician in a busy private practice in New Jersey. Elaine favors the continuity and close relationships that develop with clients and their families while working in a private practice setting.
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​Elaine speaks basic Spanish.

She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter, who was born at the birthing center at Mount Sinai West. She enjoys the beach, Coney Island, treats, and traveling.

Christina McPherson, CNM

Christina joined Central Park Midwifery in March 2019. Her journey here began as a little girl with a fascination ignited by photos of her own birth.. She flirted with the idea of medical school and completed pre-med coursework alongside her BA in psychology at Barnard College in 2004. She then worked for four years as a research assistant in neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University before midwifery steered her back on course with its client-focused, team-based model that prioritizes the individual’s agency and dignity. She then returned to Columbia University, where she earned a BS in nursing and MS in midwifery.

​In 2011, she began her career with the midwives at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, where she spent more than 7.5 years, focusing on providing education and access to care for a primarily underserved population. Although birth work is initially what called her to midwifery, she has also developed a passion for family planning and for breaking down barriers to contraceptive access.
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Christina speaks medically proficient, conversational Spanish and basic French.
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She lives in Queens and enjoys singing, theater, yoga, skiing, knitting, live-streaming videos of rescue cats, and rooting for her beloved Red Sox and Patriots (but don’t worry, she plays nicely with NY sports fans). She is child-free by choice and is the proud aunt of two phenomenal niblings. Auntie is her favorite title, but midwife is a very close second!

Cara Pauls, CNM, DNP

Cara is so excited to join Central Park Midwifery in August of 2023. Her long and winding road to midwifery began with a childhood fascination for her own birth story, which her parents dutifully repeated year after year. After majoring in art and design and working in marketing and branding for over a decade, a cesarean birth with her first child and an empowering midwifery-led, doula-supported VBAC with her second flipped a switch, and she knew she wanted to be a midwife. She worked as a doula and lactation counselor for four years while preparing for midwifery school and, meanwhile, fell in love with Central Park Midwifery’s model of care.
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Cara attended Columbia University, earning an MS and DNP in midwifery. While in school, she had the incredible privilege of training as a student midwife with CPM and immediately felt at home in their intentional model of care. Returning to CPM as a midwife feels like coming home, and is a dream come true for Cara.

She has worked as a midwife at both Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Elmhurst Hospital. She feels honored to have offered free and low-cost care to hundreds of underserved and immigrant families across her home borough of Queens.

Cara speaks basic Spanish.

She lives in Queens with her partner, two children (both born at Mount Sinai West!), and their shaggy pup, Lulu. During her time off, you can find her hiking with her family upstate, knitting up a storm, and enjoying long conversations with friends over coffee.

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Practice Administrator

Jen Molina (she/they)

Jennifer Molina (she/they) joined Central Park Midwifery in May 2023. She is a first-generation Queer, Dominican, born and raised in NYC. Jen is also the founder of United in Birth LLC, a doula collective dedicated to changing the perinatal landscape for marginalized communities (LGBTQIA+, Black, Indigenous, Latine, etc.) in New York City. As a doula and a herbalist, they use ancient healing technologies, such as plant medicine, breathwork & poetry to support her clients through their transitions into joyful and healthy parenthood.

In 2014, Jen graduated with a B.S. in Public Health from Syracuse University. From 2014-2016, they served as a Perinatal Health Educator for the Peace Corps in Guatemala. There she learned about traditional midwifery practices, hosted pregnancy support groups, facilitated workshops on curriculum development and adult learning strategies with health staff, and conducted postpartum house visits with new parents.

From 2017-2022, they were an emergency management specialist for the General Services Administration. In that role, she supported disaster relief efforts in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands and hosted monthly emergency preparedness workshops for 700+ employees across the Region.
Since 2019, Jen has been supporting families as a full spectrum doula. She has received training and mentorship from Mama Glow, Cornerstone, Manhattan Birth, and the Conscious Birth Collective. Currently, she is an herbalism apprentice with Empress Karen Rose of Sacred Vibes Apothecary.
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When not doula-ing you can find them blasting reggaeton or pretending to be a sportsbian in her Queer softball league. She is endlessly loved by their formerly mean cat, Pablo, their always affectionate dog, Charlie, and her partner, Goose. To learn more visit www.unitedinbirth.com or @UnitedinBirth on Instagram.

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Registered Nurse

Maggie Hall, RN, SNM (she/her)

Maggie initially joined CPM as our Practice Administrator in 2019 until she started graduate school at Columbia in 2020 to become a midwife. She has completed the nursing portion of her training and is now working toward her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Midwifery. In April 2022, she returned to CPM in the RN role, then continued her journey with CPM as a student midwife, and is now back in the RN role.

Maggie currently attends Columbia University's DNP-Midwifery program, where she is gaining skills to practice as a full-spectrum midwife. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Society, & Environment from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She received her doula training and certification from the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations, as well as her Lamaze Childbirth Education training from Passion for Birth. 

Maggie lives in Washington Heights with her partner and their cat, Tom Tom. She enjoys sharing meals and time with family and friends, creating bowls and plates (and more bowls) at her neighborhood ceramics studio, and going for long walks. She grew up in Iowa, and trained as a ballet dancer through much of her young adult life - her movement background still informs her work and practice.
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Maggie is dedicated to supporting people and families through their reproductive healthcare journeys, with individualized care, presence, and compassion. She believes, at the core of things, that sharing health and body knowledge is empowering, and she fosters a relational approach to healthcare. Her family's birth stories inspire her practice.

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CPM Herstory 

Georgia Rose, CNM

Central Park Midwifery was started by Georgia Rose, CNM. She was in private practice for 14 years and attended over 1600 deliveries. Georgia was always amazed and in awe of the wisdom of birth and the power of women. "Each woman has an innate knowledge of how she will give birth because she comes from a long line of successful mothers." Georgia wanted to help each woman discover her own wisdom and to encourage and support her unique journey to a positive and joyful birth experience.

In 2013, Georgia decided to expand the practice and prepare for her upcoming retirement. Elaine joined Georgia in December 2013.  

Since 2015, we have continued to carry on Georgia's legacy and wisdom.